I had a better thought.
How do I get the count of <select> options within a div?
I can then loop thru the select options and see if any of them are
value "0".
Is this possible?
On May 11, 10:09 am, waseem sabjee <waseemsab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i suggest for this line
> <option value="">Select something</option>
> you assign the value of "0"
>
> in order to retrieve this value use the following js
> <script>
> $(function() {
>
> $("select").click(function() {
>
> var value = $(this).val();
> if(val != 0) {
> // do what you need to do} else {
>
> alert("you have not selected an option");
>
> }
> });
> });
>
> </script>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Loony2nz <loony...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I need some help with jquery's syntax for how to pop an error message
> > when a select field is blank.
>
> > There's a form that uses the same css class for all of it's form
> > fields. However, I would like to check to see if at least one section
> > of the form is not "blank".
>
> > Here's my code:
>
> > <div id="schoolchoices">
> > <select name="9378_choice" class="schoolDropList">
> > <option value="">Select something</option>
> > <option value="10">10</option>
> > <option value="20">20</option>
> > <option value="30">30</option>
> > <option value="40">40</option>
> > <option value="50">50</option>
> > </select>
> > <br /><br />
> > <select name="3483_choice" class="schoolDropList">
> > <option value="">Select something</option>
> > <option value="10">10</option>
> > <option value="20">20</option>
> > <option value="30">30</option>
> > <option value="40">40</option>
> > <option value="50">50</option>
> > </select>
> > <br /><br />
> > <select name="2384_choice" class="schoolDropList">
> > <option value="">Select something</option>
> > <option value="10">10</option>
> > <option value="20">20</option>
> > <option value="30">30</option>
> > <option value="40">40</option>
> > <option value="50">50</option>
> > </select>
> > </div>
>
> > I need to check to see if at least one of the above is not "blank".
> > Here's the catch. The list of school choices is variable. It can be
> > 1 school choice, it could be 4 school choices. But it's dynamically
> > generated and I need to create a jquery js function that will validate
> > at least 1 of the x school choices are chosen. The value of the
> > select statement is dynamically generated to use the school's database
> > ID.
>
> > There are other form elements to this sample code, but I only need
> > this section of the form validated.
>
> > Thoughts on how to progress?
>
> > Thanks!
